John Elphinstone

Russian Faith, Honour, & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea (1769 & 1770)

by Rear Admiral John Elphinstone late Commander in Chief of a Squadron of Her Imperial Majesty's Ships & Captain in His Majesty's Royal Nav
Herausgeber: Leikin, Julia; Smilianskaia, Elena

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Captain John Elphinstone's first-hand account of serving the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the Russian navy during the Russian-Ottoman war and at the famous Battle of Çe¿me.

Produktdetails

• Hakluyt Society Third Series
• Verlag: Hakluyt Society
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 172mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781916931046
• ISBN-10: 1916931049
• Artikelnr.: 73928761

Autorenporträt

John Elphinstone

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS List of Maps and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements List
of Abbreviations Table of Ships INTRODUCTION 1. The Russian-Ottoman War of
1768-74 2. British-Russian Relations 3. The Russian Navy and Britain 4.
John Elphinstone in the Service of Her Imperial Majesty 5. Elphinstone's
Faithfull Narrative 6. The Text and Textual Conventions THE FAITHFULL
NARRATIVE OF JOHN ELPHINSTONE BOOK ONE BOOK TWO BOOK THREE BOOK FOUR
BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX